Natural process coffee

Brew & Rate lists 495 coffees in this category, from 160 roasters.

The roasters with the most entries are Five Senses Coffee (40), Hola Coffee (12) and Bonacchi Caffè (11).

By origin, the main countries are Ethiopia (124), Brazil (82), Colombia (47) and El Salvador (20).

By roast: light (59), medium (34) and dark (3).

55 carry an SCA score, averaging 88.1; the highest is Ethiopia Bensa Shantawene (Gardelli Specialty Coffees) at 93.

On a 1–5 scale they average 3.7 for acidity, 4.9 for sweetness, 2.9 for body and 1.2 for bitterness.

The most common varieties are Heirloom, Bourbon and Catuai.

Where altitude is recorded (217 coffees), they grow between 700 and 2,800 metres.

Prices run from €12 to €1,000 per kg, with a median of €70 per kg.

475 of 495 are specialty coffees.

Roasters most often recommend them for filter (188), espresso (173) and V60 (33).

This is recorded for 1471 of 4210 coffees in the catalogue, so the list may not be complete.